Question 1

What is Vocabbie?

Accepted Answer

Vocabbie is an AI-powered flashcard app for language learning. Describe a topic, paste your notes, or snap a photo of a textbook page, and Vocabbie generates a full deck of flashcards in about 30 seconds. It uses spaced repetition to schedule reviews before you forget, plus listen-and-learn video sessions and adaptive grammar, writing, and vocabulary lessons. Available for iOS and Android in 90 languages.

Question 2

How many languages does Vocabbie support?

Accepted Answer

Vocabbie supports 90 languages, from widely studied ones like Spanish, French, German, and Japanese to less common ones like Finnish, Swahili, and Cantonese. You can learn multiple languages at once with separate profiles for each.

Question 3

Is Vocabbie free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Vocabbie has a free tier that lets you create and study up to 3 flashcard decks at a time, plus one lesson to try AI exercises. Paid plans start at $1.99/month (Lite) for 8 decks and 3 lesson days per week, or $6.99/month (Pro) for 100 decks and unlimited lessons.

Question 4

How is Vocabbie different from Duolingo or Anki?

Accepted Answer

The #1 complaint about Duolingo is 'it tells me I'm wrong but won't tell me why.' It teaches recognition (tapping the right answer) but not production (forming sentences yourself). People maintain 2,000-day streaks and still can't hold a conversation. Anki is powerful but requires you to manually create every card. Vocabbie combines the best of both: AI creates your flashcards instantly, spaced repetition schedules your reviews, and Lessons generate grammar and writing exercises from your own vocabulary so you actually learn to produce the language, not just recognize it.

Question 5

How does spaced repetition work in Vocabbie?

Accepted Answer

Spaced repetition shows you flashcards right before you'd forget them. Cards you know well appear less often. Cards you struggle with come back sooner. Each review session takes 5-10 minutes, and the algorithm adapts to your performance over time. It's one of the best-studied ways to memorize vocabulary for the long term.

Question 6

Can I create flashcards from a photo?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Point your camera at a textbook page, handwritten notes, or any text, and Vocabbie's AI extracts the vocabulary and creates flashcards automatically. You can also type a topic description or paste a word list.

Question 7

Why do language apps fail after a few months?

Accepted Answer

Most language apps train recognition (tapping the right answer from a list) instead of production (forming sentences yourself). Research from Columbia University found that apps build 'declarative memory' (memorized facts) when they should be targeting 'procedural memory' (the ability to assemble sentences without conscious effort). That's why people maintain 200-day streaks but freeze when someone actually speaks to them. Vocabbie's Lessons force you to produce the language through writing, grammar, and vocabulary exercises.

Question 8

What is Listen & Learn?

Accepted Answer

Listen & Learn is a passive-exposure mode for when you don't have the energy to sit and grind flashcards. Vocabbie plays a five-word video session: each card shows the foreign word, speaks it, pauses, then speaks the translation. A quick multiple-choice check between cards locks in what you just heard. The whole thing takes about two minutes and is the easiest way to start a streak. Beginners get nudged into Listen & Learn first after onboarding.

Question 9

What makes Lessons different from flashcards?

Accepted Answer

Flashcards teach you words. Lessons teach you to use them. The AI analyzes your decks and progress, finds patterns you struggle with, and generates four lesson types: grammar, writing practice, vocabulary reinforcement, and new words from your decks. You type your answer and get feedback that explains the mistake and how to fix it. This moves you past passive recall into actually producing the language.

	Duolingo	Anki	Courses
Spaced repetition	No		No
AI personalisation	No	No	No
Mobile-first		No	No
Listen-and-learn videos	No	No	No
Adaptive grammar lessons		No
Writing practice with feedback	No	No
Create your own content	No		No
Under 30 seconds to start	No	No	No

Learn any language. Remember everything.

Three ways to learn.

Flashcards

Listen & Learn

Lessons

Make a deck your way.

Describe it

Snap a photo

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Lessons that explain, not just correct.

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90 languages. One habit.

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